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Aleksei Balabanov
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Russian film director and screenwriter (1959-2013)
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Aleksei Balabanov (1959–2013) was a Russian film director, screenwriter, film editor, and producer. Born in Yekaterinburg, he held citizenship in the Soviet Union and Russia. He began his professional career in 1985 and worked until 2012. Balabanov was educated at the Top Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors and received a Nika Award.
His notable works include *Brat*, *Brat-2*, *Morfiĭ*, and *Gruz 200*. He spoke Russian and supported Manchester United F.C. Balabanov died of a myocardial infarction in Sestroretsk in 2013. He was buried at the Smolenskoye Orthodox Cemetery.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1959
- Died
- 2013
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Brat, Brat-2 i drugie filʹmy
- Morfiĭ
- Gruz 200
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Directing · Sverdlovsk, RSFSR, USSR
Aleksei Oktyabrinovich Balabanov was a Russian film director, screenwriter, and producer, a member of European Film Academy. He started from creating mostly arthouse pictures and music videos but gained significant mainstream popularity in action crime drama movies Brother (1997) and Brother 2 (2000). He has been referred to as the "Russian Quentin Tarantino" in the press for his critically…
Known for
- Aleksey Balabanov. Postscript — self (archive)2023
- Balabanov. Belltower. Requiem — self (archive)2022
- We Others Will Not — self (archive)2021
- Plankton Salesmen — Self (archive footage)2017
- Me Too — Director2012
- How «Brother 2» Was Filmed — self2000
- The Arrival of a Train1996
- Trofim — сотрудник кинопроекта «Вокзалы Санкт-Петербурга»1995
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 10
- Total plays
- 12
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global prevalence and burden of depressive and anxiety disorders in 204 countries and territories in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic
· 2021 · cited 4,539x
- Scalable molecular dynamics on CPU and GPU architectures with NAMD
· 2020 · cited 3,074x
- Scalability in Perception for Autonomous Driving: Waymo Open Dataset
· 2020 · cited 2,916x
- Estimating excess mortality due to the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic analysis of COVID-19-related mortality, 2020–21
· 2022 · cited 1,526x
- Isolation and characterization of a bat SARS-like coronavirus that uses the ACE2 receptor
· 2013 · cited 1,523x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1959-02-25 ) 25 February 1959, Sverdlovsk , Russian SFSR , USSR
- Died
- 18 May 2013 (2013-05-18) (aged 54), Sestroretsk , Saint Petersburg , Russia
- Occupations
- Film director screenwriter producer
- Years active
- 1989–2012
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Aleksey
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Place of birth
- Yekaterinburg
- Place of death
- Sestroretsk
- Occupation
- manufacturer
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Award
- Nika Award
- Image
- Aleksei Balabanov.JPG
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- Commons category
- Aleksey Balabanov
- date of birth
- 1959-02-25
- date of death
- 2013-05-18
- place of burial
- Smolenskoye Orthodox Cemetery
- start of work period
- 1985-00-00
- manner of death
- natural causes
- birth name
- Алексей Октябринович Балабанов
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Aleksei Balabanov
- end of work period
- 2012-00-00
- supported sports team
- Manchester United F.C.
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Aleksei Oktyabrinovich Balabanov (Russian: Алeксeй Oктябpинoвич Балабанoв; 25 February 1959 – 18 May 2013) was a Russian filmmaker. A member of the European Film Academy, he began his career by creating mostly arthouse pictures and music videos but gained significant mainstream popularity in action crime drama movies Brother (1997) and Brother 2 (2000), both of which starred Sergei Bodrov, Jr. Later, Balabanov directed the films Cargo 200 (2007), Morphine (2008), and A Stoker (2010), which also received critical recognition.
Life and career
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